All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries; democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our plans succeeded.

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the Soviet Union than the one we have toward other countries. Yes, the treaty exists. Nor does it exist on only one side. Look how w3e're situated geographically and you'll see that India is very important for the Soviet Union.